This publication includes six papers presented at the 1979 meeting of the Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing. Specific presentations made were (1) Entry into Practice: History, Trends, and Issues, by Virginia Barker; (2) The Appropriate Preparation for Licensure Is the Associate Degree, by Virginia Allen; (3) The Appropriate Preparation for Licensure Is the Baccalaureate Degree, by Billye Brown; (4) The Appropriate Preparation for Licensure Is the Graduate Degree, by Marjorie Ramphal; (5) Registered Nurses as Caregivers at Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas by Marguerite Burt; and (6) Entry into Practice from the Perspective of a State Board of Nursing, by Helen Pat Keefe. Also included is a summary of the council's activities and regional nursing projects' activities since 1976. (LRA)